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Gotcha
(English articles)
Against Duterte’s advice, Comelec grants Smartmatic P1.04 billion – so far
The Comelec has awarded P1.04 billion in new contracts to controversial Smartmatic Inc. for the 2022 elections. This is despite President Rody Duterte’s repeated advice to the poll body to replace the electronic systems provider due to fraud allegations.
Cabinet gagged on China; ex-generals assert sea rights
President Duterte banned his Cabinet on Monday from talking about sea disputes amid months of China’s escalating incursions.
Duterte’s 16 M voters ‘stupid’? How not to be fooled next time
A meme revives the 2016 presidential campaign leaflet, “Platform of Government Rodrigo Roa Duterte”. It detailed his “15-Point Legacy Agenda”. No doubt it convinced voters that he’s their man.
Back out from debate projected Duterte as loser, Carpio as hero
The folly in President Duterte’s challenge to debate Antonio Carpio was that people expected him to back out.
Duterte made false promise for 16 million votes – Carpio
“I did not promise that I would pressure China,” he claimed. President Duterte disavowed Monday that he harangued China during his 2016 presidential campaign.
Insulate veterans’ pensions from annual budgetary whims
Old soldiers never die; they’re just forgotten. Veterans’ pensions were in fact delayed for decades.
How much will China fish under Duterte deal, Carpio asks
PNA photo of President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio (right) GOTCHAwritten on Apr 30, 2021Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifyingPresident Duterte allowed the Chinese to fish in the...
Was Magellan’s slave, a Malay, globe’s first circumnavigator?
Ferdinand Magellan willed the freedom of his Malay slave Enrique upon his death.
Why can’t red-tagging officials denounce Communist China?
Certain administration officials habitually red-tag. Targeted are not only political oppositionists.
Sugar planters too crying against favored traders
There are rumblings in the sugar industry. Planters are decrying the Department of Agriculture’s favoring import-export traders
Coast Guard duty: interdict Chinese militia, escort Filipinos
It’s time to interdict Chinese poachers in the Philippines’ western exclusive economic zone.
Govt’s Chinese vaccine inept: just give us a fighting chance
GOTCHAwritten on Apr 14, 2021Sinovac safety efficacy and price still need clarifyingScience supposedly guides government’s pandemic response. Neither the World Health Organization nor any of 35 states with stringent regulatory agencies has endorsed China COVID-19...
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Mga dapat bantayan sa kampanyang lokal
Sa Marso pa ang kampanya para sa lokal na halalan, pero naka-kasa na ang mga kandidato.
Salain mabuti kung totoong Afghan refugees o terorista
Tatanggap umano ang Pilipinas ng refugees mula Afghanistan.
Susunod na Presidente natin pilit paluluhurin ng Beijing
“BAKIT ang daming gustong mag-Presidente,” seryosong biro na tanong ni Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon nu’ng Hunyo.
Komunistang China tiyak makikialam sa Halalan 2022
TATLONG pook ang paulit-ulit binabanggit ni President Xi Jinping sa mga talumpati.
Less talk, less mistake? E di huwag nang magsalita
Less talk, less mistake, payo ni Confucius, bawas kibo, bawas mali. Tama naman, ang masyadong madaldal, napapahamak.
Duterte vs Bongbong: labanan ng dynasties
INAKUSAHAN ni Rodrigo Duterte na cocaine addict ang isang “mayamang kandidato na pangulo.
Matataas na puwesto inaasinta ng mga kulaboretor ng China
TUWANG-TUWA ang Communist China. Inaasinta ng mga kulaboretor nito ang apat na pinakamataas na posisyon sa Pilipinas sa Eleksyon 2022.
Apat na kaligayahan, ayon sa bilyonaryo
Buhay, kalayaan at pagkamit ng kaligayahan ang pinaka-mahahalagang karapatan.
Bonifacio pamantayan ng bayani; alamin ang mga totoong traydor
MAPAGPATAWAD ang Pilipino sa mga traydor sa kalayaan. Hinayaang umasenso ang buhay nila imbis na parusahan.
Pinaka-malalang traydor, kulaboretor sa ating bansa
Paulit-Ulit nababanggit sa mga aklat ng kasaysayan ang mga umahas sa Pilipinas.
Mga putaheng nagbabago
Saluduhan ang umimbento ng pancit miki-bihon na ang topping ay crispy pata.
Kanya-kanya tayong pagiging produktibo habang pandemya
SA 20 buwan ng pandemya 20 bansa na rin ang napasyalan naming pamilya – sa panaginip.
Sapol Radio
(AM radio)
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Jarius Bondoc is a multi-awarded journalist of 41 years. He writes two thrice-weekly columns, “Gotcha” for The Philippine Star and “Sapol” for Pilipino Star Ngayon. He also hosts a current affairs radio program, Sapol (Saturdays, 8-10 a.m.) on DWIZ 882-AM. Read more about him in this link.